Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-04
SUNDAY EAsY.CHAIR.
Tile NEw-rAsn1oNEp R1nIE.

lhE NEW-FASHlONED BIBLE
II may have softer words and smoother phrases
1t may flash modern light upon our way;
Have other thought than that of revelation
And give new rules TO preach by and to pray.
II may be read lighter, pleasanter and easier
Than words put down by an inspired Hand,
Bible,
That lay-and lies-wide open on its stand.
Let those who will crave man-made modern
Versions
And told me the story of its well-worn pages
Mnen plliowing at night my weary head.
"0ld.fashioned Bible full of lore and lesson,
10 follow closely through LIES full day
VI golden words. traced out in living letters,
To guide earth's pilgrims safely on their way.
Why need We change tho,e words of Life
Eternal
Old words of deep import, yet ever new?
God Promises, why bring them into question
coos words to man, plain, steadfast, sure and
true
Give me, then, henceforth, through 1ife's for
ever,
The Bible-as it waste hold and keep;
To-day New Versions-why not, then, to-mor-
Tomorrow, all the morrow when we sleep
The everlasting sleep that knows no waking,
save at the call of Him who gave His Word
mat they who read Alright and walk uprightly,
May i.ail with Joy the coming of the Lord.
Touch not the Bible, then, with hands irrev-
erent;
irr-
The Bible written out by inspiration
The Bible--and that only snail he mine.
CLARK ". Bryan in Good Housekeeping
The Americans are not thrifty but spend
thrifty LonUatow.
We do not ride the sea of life safely I'M
Ill we are above the freaks of feeling.
The moment which has been neglected
No eternity gives back-Schiller
To the heart that lays hold upon the
promise, the darkest cloud has silver
lining
l take it to be a maxim of the greatest
utility in life-not to do anything too much
Terence.
There are few who conceive how instru-
mental the tongue is TO salvation or con-
demnation.-Q uesael.
Our grand business is not to see what lies
dimly at distance, but to do what clearly
lies at hand.-Carlyle.
To an honest mind, the best perouisites
OF place are the advantages it gives man
of doing good.-Addison.
All mankind acknowledge themselves
able and sufficient to do many things which
actually they never do.-S0,th.
Be pleasant and kind to those around
you. The man who stirs his cup with an
icicle spoils the tea and chills his own
fingers.
/ am weak by nature and very timorous,
unless where strong sense of duty holdeth
and supporteth me. There God acteth, and
not His creature.-Lady Jane Grey.
1t may be said that the hardest thing in
the world is to do just right ones self; and
that the easiest thing in the world is to see
where others fall short of doing Just right
S. S. Times.
To be content is not to be satisfied No
one ought to be satisfied with the imperfect
1t is Gods will that we should bear, and
contentedly, because in hope of the re-
demption of the body.-Thos. WinUold.
1t was the policy of a good old gentleman
to make his children feel that home was
the happiest place in the world and /
value this delicious home feeling as one OF
the choicest gifts parent can bestow-
Washington Irping.
One will confer the greatest benefits on
his town, not by raising its roofs, but by
| exalting its souls for it is better that great
souls shall live in small habitations than
| that abject slaves should burrow in great
| houses.-EpictetlaS.